Finance Specialist - Intern (January 2027)

Malt; Paris (TX); Hybrid; USD 15,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation per year

Employee Stock Options

Malt Sabbatical (3+ years service)

Job summary

Malt, Europe’s leading freelance marketplace, invites you to join the Cash Management department in Paris for an end-of-study internship. You will oversee financing transactions, perform risk checks, and help optimize workflows in a fast-paced environment.

The role focuses on accuracy, fraud checks, and credit limit compliance while collaborating across functions. You’ll gain hands-on experience in credit operations, with a strong emphasis on data integrity, process improvement, and clear

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in final year of a Master’s degree (Master 2) in Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• First internship/work experience in credit, financing operations, or corporate finance is a strong asset.
• High rigor and meticulous attention to detail with data and transactional accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset, curious and eager to dissect complex processes.
• Professional working proficiency in English, with solid command of Google Sheets or Excel.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable collaborating with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Jira, Looker, or Notion is a distinct plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and execute end-to-end financing transactions, including eligibility assessments, financing requests, and payment allocations.
• Perform critical risk management and compliance tasks, such as fraud checks, monitoring credit limits, and handling buyback procedures.
• Identify and troubleshoot operational bottlenecks quickly with a customer-first approach.
• Propose and roll out concrete solutions to streamline day-to-day workflows and increase processing efficiency.
• Build and maintain clear operational documentation while tracking and reporting on core KPIs.

Skills

English proficiency

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Finance/Business

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

Jira

Looker

Notion

Job description

Discover our galaxy

Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 900,000 talented freelancers with 90,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different:

• A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries

• A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth

• Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI

• A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently

Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here!

Explore your future career

Join Malt’s Cash Management department to strengthen and scale our day-to-day financial operations. In this role, you will sit at the core of our financial engine, ensuring the seamless, accurate, and timely execution of all financing transactions across the platform. You will serve as a key guardian of our financial health by maintaining rigorous risk management standards, conducting essential fraud checks, and overseeing credit limit compliance. Operating in a fast-paced environment where efficiency is paramount, you will also play an active part in optimizing our workflows by identifying operational bottlenecks and implementing concrete process improvements every week.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee and execute end-to-end financing transactions, including eligibility assessments, financing requests, and payment allocations.

• Perform critical risk management and compliance tasks, such as conducting fraud checks, monitoring credit limits, and handling buyback procedures.

• Identify and troubleshoot operational bottlenecks quickly with a strong, customer-first problem-solving mindset.

• Propose and roll out concrete solutions to streamline day-to-day workflows and increase processing efficiency.

• Build and maintain clear operational documentation while tracking and reporting on core performance KPIs.

About you

• Currently enrolled in the final year of a Master’s degree (Master 2, Business School, or University) in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, seeking an end-of-study internship.

• A first internship or work experience in credit, financing operations, or corporate finance is a strong asset.

• High rigor and meticulous attention to detail with an uncompromising standard for data and transactional accuracy.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, curious and eager to dissect complex processes.

• Professional working proficiency in English, paired with a solid command of Google Sheets or Excel.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Looker, or Notion is a distinct plus.

Life on planet Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally

• Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other onboardees at our office in Paris
• 30 days of vacation per year
• Employee Stock Options so you can own the business with us as we grow it
• Malt Sabbatical: after three years of service, every Malter is entitled to one month of sabbatical leave
• Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow.
• Remote work: Hybrid remote policy

We recruit based on skills, experience, and potential, without any form of discrimination related to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability.

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